The youngest competitor at the Rio Olympics ripped her swimsuit minutes before her race yesterday but still managed to beat her two rivals.

Qatar’s Hakan Eresker bowed out of the Rio Olympics after losing his men’s Lightweight (60kg) preliminary bout to Uzbekistan’s Hurshid Tojibaev on Sunday.

Two-time FIFA World Cup winner Cafu was the centre of attention this week as he carried the Olympic torch in Rio de Janeiro with the same famous two-handed gesture while lifting the World Cup as Brazil’s captain in 2002.

Zimbabwe’s top order finally showed some backbone yesterday but the hosts were nevertheless facing an uphill battle in the second Test after New Zealand posted an enormous total on day two at Queens Sports Club.

Former US Open winner Jim Furyk fired the lowest single round score in PGA Tour history yesterday by shooting a 58 during the final round of the Travelers Championship.

France midfielder Paul Pogba’s world record transfer to Manchester United from Italian champions Juventus is poised to go ahead subject to him passing a medical, the clubs confirmed yesterday.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic announced his arrival in English football with an 83rd-minute winner as Manchester United edged Leicester City 2-1 at Wembley yesterday to win the Community Shield.

New signing Hatem Ben Arfa was among the scorers as Paris Saint-Germain romped to a one-sided 4-1 win over Lyon in the Champions Trophy, the traditional French season-opener, on Saturday.

Qatar will take on Iraq in an international friendly at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium today. The game against Iraq will be Qatar’s first of four friendlies this month before the national side takes on Iran in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying game on September 1.

United States kept their quest for fourth straight women’s football gold firmly on track when captain Carli Lloyd ensured a 1-0 victory over France to qualify for the quarter-finals.

Kevin Durant scored 25 points as the USA’s NBA stars routed China 119-62 on Saturday to launch their bid for a third consecutive Olympic basketball gold.

Defending champion Serena Williams defied high winds to breeze into the Olympic tennis second round yesterday as organisers were blasted for allowing play in conditions described as “ugly”.